Guy is gonna look back on this moment for the rest of his life and kick himself

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[+] 258 points 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (24 children)
  • [–] 88 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Reminds me of the double standard with teacher sexual abuse. Male teacher abuses student, pedophile. Female teacher abuses student, "wish I was him" (unless she was deemed ugly, and even then).

    Things don't change much, although it doesn't help when people forget men can be victimized, too.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    “wish I was him”

    that's just facts

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    I occasionally wonder whether this is universal. Are there any countries that generally recognize sexual assault regardless of circumstance or sex?

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Iceland probably has the best track record. Their culture, size, location, etc just add up to make a country where workers rights, freedom of speech and equality is very good.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Plus with almost everyone being related, men don't have to play that “imagine it was your sister or daughter” game to generate empathy for women. /s

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    I mean, they do have that app specifically to check for relation. I can imagine there are some fun games that can be played while you're out at a party. "Hey, dude, check out that dude over there. Bet you I can get his number."

    "You're on, and I'll bet he's within four degrees of cosanguinity."

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Yeah thats why i also listed size. It really is a unique country that maybe more places should take notes from... but its hard to implement something similar because their history and location also causes this situation.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    assault

    We're calling intimidation/harassment assault now? That's histrionic.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Well, yes. Sexual assault is a catch all.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    dictionary entry

    assault

    noun
    a violent attack

    legal definitionIn common law An attempt with force or violence to do a corporal injury to another; may consist of any act tending to such corporal injury, accompanied with such circumstances as denotes at the time an intention, coupled with present ability, of using actual violence against the person.

    or "reasonable apprehension of the immediate application of force to the victim".

    No.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    “Assault” varies in definition by jurisdiction and circumstance. Pulling a conversation about sexual assault into the weeds is, frankly, a strange move, but go on with your bait.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Definitions predominantly involve violence, physical force, or reasonable & immediate expectation of it. I'm not a big fan of distorting ideas with loaded language: the bait was theirs.

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